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OUNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.y

JOHN M. CRAWFORD AND HORACE L. HERVEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

TOY HOOP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 71,138. dated November 19, 1867.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that we, JOHN M. CRAWFORD and HORACE L. HERvEv, both of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Hoops; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication.

Figure is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Our invention consists in providing the com mon trundling-hoop with a handle, so attached to the hub of the hoop r,that the' hoop can be driven without a stick, simply by holding the handle and running along with the hoop; also in providing the hoop with the figure of a horse or other animal, as shown in the drawings; also in applying small bells to the hoop and horse, as represented.

A represents an ordinary trundling-hoop, made of wood or metal, as may be preferred. B are wire spokes, having their ends fast to the hoop and hub. C is the hub or center piece, and is provided with a spindle. D is the handle, to be held by the person using the hoop. E is the connecting-wire, bent as shown in drawings, so that its ends are xed in handle D, while the spindle turns in its loops aa. G is a gure of an animal, a horse or dog, made of metal, paper, or other substance, and -secured immediately over the large loop, o, of the wire F, so that the gure will always be at the top of the hoop. I are small bells, attached at various parts of the toy to the inside of the hoop, to the ends of the spindle, and elsewhere.

The center piece C may be made of any ornamental pattern, and the connecting-wire may be somewhat varied in its mode of construction.

Our invention is a new and amusing toy for young persons, and can be used by those who have not the skill to drive a hoop in the old manner, and it avoids the annoyance given by children when they drive their hoops under 

